Buildings

Best Practices of Resilient Buildings (and Districts) and Post-disaster Reconstruction

edited by

Bruno Barroca

,

Maria Fabrizia Clemente

,

Jeffrey Raven

and

Gwenaël Jouannic

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12757 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience; disaster risk reduction; post-disaster reconstruction; post-disaster waste management; recycling; reuse; mitigation; BIM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Advances in Modeling and Characterization of Cementitious Composites

edited by

Abedulgader Baktheer

and

Farid Abed

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12251 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete; reinforced concrete; non-metallic reinforcement; bond behavior; constitutive modeling; nonlinear finite element analysis; damage and plasticity; time-dependent behavior; multiscale and multiphysics modeling; impact loading; cyclic loading; progressive collapse

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Smart and Sustainable Buildings: New Trends, Technologies, and Integration in the Energy Transition

edited by

Elisa Belloni

and

Gabriele Maria Lozito

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9422 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart buildings; sustainable buildings; renewables; BIPV (building-integrated photovoltaics); building energy services; energy management; energy consumption forecasting; Internet of Things; machine learning for smart building energy data; grid integration and control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Characteristics of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by

Zhongya Zhang

, Yang Zou and

Jun Yang

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8247 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC); low-carbon building materials; bonding strength; composite structure; durability; strengthening; performance improvement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Sustainable Supply Chain Management in Construction Industry: 2nd Edition

edited by

Amir Mohammad Fathollahi-Fard

, Min Kong and

Maxim A. Dulebenets

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2149 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable supply chain management (SSCM); construction industry; multi-objective optimization; decision-making models; economic sustainability; circular economy; environmental sustainability; social sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

The Evolution of Construction Dispute Resolution

edited by

Andrew Agapiou

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 2149 | Submission Open

Keywords: disputes; mediation; arbitration; adjudication; alternative dispute resolution; conflict avoidance and prevention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Advance in Eco-Friendly Building Materials and Innovative Structures

edited by Mojia Huang, Zhiwen Lan, Lei Zhang and

Tengfei Zhao

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11333 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural optimization design FE numerical simulation of structures; new green building materials; green building design and application; innovation and application in bridge structures; mechanical issues in engineering structures; structural issues in power systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Dynamic Response of Civil Engineering Structures under Seismic Loads

edited by Yanyan Li and Jingshu Xu

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5467 | Submission Open

Keywords: dynamic response; engineering structure; civil engineering; seismicload; earthquake engineering; structural stability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Project Development and Construction Management—2nd Edition

edited by

Wenzhe Tang

and

Jianli Hao

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 4603 | Submission Open

Keywords: project planning; design; procurement; construction; project delivery; operation; sustainable project development; green buildings; construction waste management; information technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Workforce Development and Education in the Construction Industry: Challenges and Strategies

edited by

Manideep Tummalapudi

and

Christofer Harper

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 45887 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction workforce development; workforce training; immigration in construction; recruitment and retention; technologies for workforce development; construction skill shortages; diversity; equity; and inclusion in the construction workforce

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Buildings for the 21st Century

edited by

Wahidul K. Biswas

and

Chithirai Pon Selvan

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 19 articles | Viewed by 35289 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Study on Building Energy Efficiency Related to Simulation Models

edited by

Pengyuan Shen

,

Yun Kyu Yi

and

Huilong Wang

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 24722 | Submission Open

Keywords: building simulation; energy efficiency; renewable energy system; demand response; occupancy behavior; performance-driven design; district energy system; performance optimization; HVAC system; computational fluid dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Life Cycle Management of Building and Infrastructure Projects

edited by

Pramen P. Shrestha

and

Kishor Shrestha

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11354 | Submission Open

Keywords: procurement; contracting; and project delivery method; building information modelling; civil infrastructure modelling; building comfort; life cycle analysis; legal and disputes resolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Low-Carbon Urban Development and Building Design

edited by

Yupeng Wang

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10390 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon development; urban environmental evaluation; urban climate change; urban energy consumption; green building design; renewable energy usage; building energy consumption reduction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

Advancing Life Cycle Assessment of Building Energy: Exploring Policy Contexts, Whole-Life Carbon Thinking, and Net-Zero Carbon Strategies

edited by

Jingchun Shen

and Jonn Are Myhren

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9268 | Submission Open

Keywords: regulatory and policy context; building service system; building energy; HVAC; renewable energy; sustainability; environmental impact; embodied carbon; carbon footprint; upfront carbon; operational carbon; whole Life carbon; carbon designer; circularity; sustainable procurement; sustainable finance; sustainable construction; carbon risk monitoring; digitalization; digital renovation; design for disassembly; climate change mitigation; climate change adaptation; product life-cycle management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Optimizing Living Environments for Mental Health

edited by

Xiaohuan Xie

,

Ling Zhang

and

Yiqi Tao

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8579 | Submission Open

Keywords: mental health; behavioral activity; human perception; living environment; built environment; environmental quality; environmental justice; health promotion strategy; design and evaluation of intervention strategies; interdisciplinary research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Climate-Responsive Architectural and Urban Design

edited by

Jose-Manuel Almodovar-Melendo

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6163 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate-responsive design; net zero carbon emissions; building energy efficiency; passive design; architectural simulation; monitoring; vernacular architecture; thermal comfort

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

The State-of-the-Art Technologies for Zero-Energy Buildings

edited by

Małgorzata Fedorczak-Cisak

and

Beata Sadowska

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5430 | Submission Open

Keywords: ZEB and nZEB; LCA; energy efficiency; renewable energy sources; comfort; energy retrofitting of buildings; historic buildings; carbon footprint

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Actual Trends in Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Buildings

edited by

Lenka Mészárosová

, Drochytka Rostislav and

Jindřich Melichar

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4278 | Submission Open

Keywords: architectural renovation; building rehabilitation; sustainable reconstruction; historic preservation heritage conservation; advanced building materials; adaptive materials reuse; durability; protection; restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Multi-scale Modelling and Characterization of Asphalt Pavement Materials—Second Edition

edited by

Pengfei Liu

and

Jing Hu

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3725 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative multi-scale characterisation methods; innovative image processing and multi-scale model reconstruction; novel; sustainable; multifunctional high-performance building materials; bridging scale methods; combined FEM and DEM approach to determine multiphase behaviour of pavement materials; numerical modelling of multifunctional pavement materials; molecular dynamics modelling; multiphysics simulation of pavement materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Low-Carbon Concrete Structures Incorporating Sustainable Pozzolan and Recycled Materials

edited by

C. W. Lim

and

Wisal Ahmed

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3552 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon concrete; sustainable and recycled materials; sustainable pozzolans; eco-efficient binders; fiber-reinforced concrete; mechanical properties and durability; life cycle assessment; artificial intelligence (AI) and machine Learning (ML)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Renewable Energy and Sustainable Building Design

edited by

Yupeng Wang

, Dengjia Wang, Barbara Galli and Xiaolei Ju

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2761 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar building; building energy saving; solar energy technology; indoor thermal environment; green building design; renewable energy management; renewable energy; building renovation; urban heat island; urban redevelopment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Frameworks, Tools, Methods, Indicators, and Considerations for Evaluating Circular Economy in Buildings

edited by

Md. Uzzal Hossain

and Yahong Dong

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2760 | Submission Open

Keywords: building materials; low carbon; sustainable; green buildings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Timber Building Design and Construction for a Sustainable Future

edited by

Hüseyin Emre Ilgın

and

Markku Karjalainen

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2506 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood construction; sustainability; space efficiency; multi-story timber buildings; large-scale timber buildings; tall/high-rise timber buildings; processes of industrial wood construction; wooden additional floor construction; adhesive-free and metal fastener-free wood products; resident survey for wooden apartment buildings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Steel-Concrete Composite Structure—2nd Edition

edited by

Jiang Liu

, Mingjin Zhang, Yinping Ma and Lipeng Sun

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2017 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel– concrete composite structures; high-performance structures; high-performance materials; industrial construction; long-term performance; temperature action; wind load; environmental impact; numerical simulation; test method

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Solar Building Technology

edited by

Yang Cai

,

Weiwei Wang

and

Fuyun Zhao

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1431 | Submission Open

Keywords: building integrated photovoltaic; solar thermal collector; solar driven ventilation; solar-assisted heat pump; solar cooling; solar photocatalysis; solar composite utilization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Digital and Sustainable Building and Construction Management: Advances and Prospects

edited by Qian Zhang and

Siliang Yang

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 938 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart construction management; sustainable building practices; including corporate social responsibility; environmental; social; and governance; circular economy; and sustainable innovation; digital transformation in construction; construction 4.0 technology management (e.g.; building information modeling; Internet of Things; blockchain; Artificial Intelligence (AI) in construction; automation and robotics in construction; lean construction methodologies; circular economy in construction; energy-efficient building design; resource optimization; resilient construction practices; project leadership and organization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Rapid Inspection, Evaluation, and Repair Materials on Transportation Infrastructures

edited by

Changjun Zhou

and

Hui Qin

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 816 | Submission Open

Keywords: transportation infrastructures; rapid inspection; rapid evaluation; rapid repair materials; durability; sustainability

Advanced Experimental and Numerical Studies on Ancient Stone Masonry Constructions

edited by

Fernando F. S. Pinho

,

Ildi Cismaşiu

and

Nuno Monteiro Azevedo

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 554 | Submission Open

Keywords: laboratory characterisation; in situ testing; numerical micro- and macro-modelling; retrofit solutions; numerical analysis; vulnerability assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Built Environment and Building Energy for Decarbonization

edited by

Kyungmo Kang

and Daeung Kim

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy; indoor air quality; indoor environmental quality; thermal comfort; advanced building control and optimization; building simulation; building materials; IoT technology; building information modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Damage Research of Building Structures Under Fire, Structural Dynamics and Material Degradation Conditions

edited by

Kostiantyn Protchenko

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire resistance; structural dynamics; durability of structures; building materials; fiber-reinforced polymer composites; building information modeling; precast structures; concrete technologies; masonry structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Construction Workplace Trends and Work Health and Safety

edited by

Yingbin Feng

and

Peng Zhang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 32256 | Submission Open

Keywords: work health and safety; technology; resilience; offsite construction; sustainability; construction workplace; cultural diversity; digitalisation; industrialisation; globalisation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Energy Efficiency and Carbon Neutrality in Buildings

edited by

Amos Darko

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 31132 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; energy efficiency; carbon neutrality; net zero carbon; resilience; buildings and construction; sustainable built environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Timber in the City: Interior Design and City Environment Development with Wood Materials

edited by

Danijela Domljan

,

Dina Stober

and Vjekoslav Živković

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 21023 | Submission Open

Keywords: interior design; wood products design; city environment; trends in wood application; environmental; perception of wood; human-centered design; health; human behavior; well-being; biophilic design; multisensory stimulation; traditional wooden structures; design theory; BIM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

Cold-Formed Steel Structures

edited by

Krishanu Roy

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 19291 | Submission Open

Keywords: High strength CFS structures; Stability of CFS beams and columns; Seismic response of CFS structures; FS portal frames; Web crippling of CFS sections; Fire and seismic performance of CFS framed shear walls; Hysteretic behaviour of CFS wall panels; Fire furnace tests on CFS members; Cold-formed stainless steel sections; CFS cladding systems; Sustainability of CFS structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Research on Cultural Heritage

edited by

Emilia Vasanelli

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 17522 | Submission Open

Keywords: heritage; repair and conservation; NDT; decay and durability; case studies; diagnostic tools; digital technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Advanced Research on Improvement of the Indoor Acoustic Environment

edited by

Ángel Fermín Ramos Ridao

and

Diego Pablo Ruiz Padillo

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 14115 | Submission Open

Keywords: room and indoor acoustics ; architectural design for noise control ; acoustic conditioning and materials; acoustic modelling and simulation ; emerging technologies for building insulation; acoustic sustainability ; urban acoustics; soundscapes; psycho-acoustic; virtual reality technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Research on Industrialization and Intelligence in Building Structures

edited by

Pengcheng Li

and

Hao Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11406 | Submission Open

Keywords: building structures; prefabricated strucutures; novel structural systems; novel structural materials; intelligent method; intelligent construction; structural optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Research on the Performance of Traditional, New and Potential Building Materials: 2nd Edition

edited by

Yue-Ling Long

,

Zhenhao Zhang

, Ying Qin, Zhiliang Zuo and

JinJing Liao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10695 | Submission Open

Keywords: traditional building materials (steel; concrete; masonry; timber; bamboo; etc.); composite materials and fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs); potential building materials (graphene; bio-inspired materials; etc.); ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC); 3D printing materials; concrete-filled steel tubes (CFSTs); static and dynamic performance; structural reliability; cross-section instability; numerical simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Advanced Research on Intelligent Building Construction and Management

edited by Lin Liu, Taotao Shui and Chun Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10186 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; project management; decision-making method; intelligent buildings; building information modeling; smart cities; intelligent management; low-carbon strategy; intelligent power technology; intelligence algorithm

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Advanced Concrete Structures: Structural Behaviors and Design Methods—2nd Edition

edited by Haibo Jiang, Renda Zhao,

Yunchao Tang

, Xiaohong Zheng and Fangwen Wu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9865 | Submission Open

Keywords: UHPC structures; shear behavior of concrete structures; precast concrete structures; connections of prefabricated concrete elements; rehabilitations of concrete structures; novel concrete composite structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Big Data and Machine/Deep Learning in Construction

edited by

Fan Lei

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9865 | Submission Open

Keywords: detection of objects; hazards and defects at construction sites; semantic segmentation of construction scenes; building information modeling (BIM); sustainable construction practices; energy efficiency in construction; data-driven decision making in construction; monitoring and quality control of construction processes; predictive construction-related maintenance; construction project management and resource optimization; construction risk management; AI-enabled wearable technology in construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Vibration Prediction and Noise Assessment of Building Structures

edited by

Chao Zou

and Ziyu Tao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9766 | Submission Open

Keywords: vibration and noise prediction; propagation and mitigation; technological advances in testing; vibration comfort; noise disturbance; long-term performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Recent Advances in Structural Health Monitoring of Buildings and Infrastructures

edited by

Minshui Huang

and

Jianfeng Gu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9568 | Submission Open

Keywords: damage identification; inverse problems in structural engineering; deep learning in SHM; smartphone sensing; sensor network; optimal sensor placement and instrumentation design; environmental and operational factors in SHM; static load testing and vibration testing of structure; swarm intelligence algorithms; sustainable developments in SHM; other related topics in SHM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Building Foundation Engineering and Underground Structures

edited by

Yi Shan

, Junsheng Chen, Waleed El-Sekelly and

Marco Donà

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 8378 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative foundation design; soil-structure interaction; tunneling and underground construction; ground improvement; resilient foundation systems; sustainable materials and smart technologies; case studies of significant projects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Towards More Practical BIM/GIS Integration

edited by

Junxiang Zhu

, Ran Wei,

Yi Tan

and Mengtian Yin

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7988 | Submission Open

Keywords: BIM/GIS integration; semantic web; graph theory; labelled property graph; infrastructure management; building permit; smart city; digital twin

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Advances in Testing and Computation Methods for Disaster Mitigation of Engineering Structures

edited by

Liqiang Jiang

, Fengqi Guo, Linli Duan and

Yi Hu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 7941 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural engineering; natural hazard; testing technique; computation technique; AI-aimed simulation; construction material; structural design method; retrofit and repair; vulnerability and risk; damage assessment; performance-based design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Seismic Analysis and Design of Building Structures

edited by

Bo Fu

,

Bo Wang

,

Xinxin Wei

and Qing Lv

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7937 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic analysis; seismic design; seismic performance; structural control; building structure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Performance-Based Asphalt and Asphalt Mixtures

edited by Runhua Guo and Yun Hou

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7796 | Submission Open

Keywords: asphalt binder; hot-mix asphalt; warm-mix asphalt; cold-mix asphalt; recycled asphalt pavement; performance-based properties; asphalt mix design; asphalt paving construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Physiological Mechanisms of Comfort, Health, and Cognitive Performance in Built Environment

edited by Zhibin Wu and

Romina Rissetto

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7792 | Submission Open

Keywords: physiological responses; biosignals; human building interaction; indoor environment quality; human perception; cognitive performance; health and well-being

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

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